Asian markets trade in red in early deals on Tuesday

16 Apr 2024 Evaluate

Asian markets traded in red in early deals on Tuesday, due to risk aversion in the market midst of growing concerns over Middle East geopolitical conflicts, surge in US treasury bond yield notes, and on uncertainties over Fed benchmark interest rate cuts. Moreover, sluggish industrial output and retail sales data from China also dulled investor sentiments. Sharp sell-off in technological sector stocks over the almost all indices also saddled equity markets. Japan’s Nikkei also tumbled in the session mirroring negative trend in global indices overnight.

Nikkei 225 down by 878.22 points 2.21% to 38,354.58, Straits Times fell by 40.99 points 1.29% to 3,142.62, Hang Seng declined by 320.90 points 1.97% to 16,279.56, Taiwan Weighted slipped by 580.96 points or 2.84% to 19,868.81, KOSPI Index diminished by 64.21 points or 2.40% to 2,606.22 Jakarta Composite shrunk by 139.86 points or 1.92% to 7,147.02, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 43.54 points or 1.44% to 3,013.84 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 6.07 points or 0.39% to 1,536.46.

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